Claws out: WorldCat sues Clarivate over plan for rival platform
World’s biggest bibliographic database claims MetaDoor is ‘misappropriating’ its catalogue to drive it out of business
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To acquire the right skills, students need empowerment and experience
Ad-hoc modules that bear little relation to a student’s degree are too easily forgotten – especially if they aren’t road-tested, says Boris Walbaum
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What does Macron’s lost majority mean for French universities?
President must learn to work with a fragmented parliament, but experts say likely allies will back his push to liberalise higher education
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Dutch funding boost comes with strings attached for universities
Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government
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UCU: ‘laughable’ that agency staff could cover striking academics
Universities urged to rule out taking advantage of planned redrawing of UK legislation
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Academics’ publishing options are an ever wilder west. Beware!
Academics rejected by university presses may turn to hybrid or self-publishers. But Harvey Graff’s experience suggests they should tread very carefully
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Biden redraws US campus sexual misconduct rules
Administration moves to reverse Trump mandate for in-person hearings and expand protections to transgender students
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Asia must forge its own path on liberal arts, leaders say
An internalised, colonial-era emphasis on exam grades is preventing students from deeper learning, forum hears
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Tackling campus sexual misconduct ‘needs actions, not just words’
Change is finally beginning to happen across higher education but campaigners say structural change is needed, not sticking plasters
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Most ‘transformative’ journals miss Plan S open access targets
Big publishers finding switch away from paywalls challenging, says European-led coalition
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US universities’ international student applications on the up
Two-thirds of institutions responding to IIE survey report increase in interest
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Commission head urged to smooth UK and Swiss Horizon association
Science leaders beg Ursula von der Leyen to break political impasse
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Finding a third way
Universities are too often used for political point-scoring. Finding a way to implement and protect long-term plans for the sector would benefit all
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Interview with Fiona McConnell
The human geographer talks about her work with stateless groups, the importance of collaboration and why the stereotype of a map-wielding explorer is important in confronting her subject’s imperial...
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A devil’s advocate in every lab would drive better science
A constant demand for more evidence increases the chances of discovering something nobody has been looking for, says Gerd Gigerenzer